diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12014472..ecb6000e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ FORK_FUNC_REQUIRE([COMMON], [GNU libunistring], [LIBUNISTRING], [unistring],
 FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED], [ZLIB], [zlib], [deflate], [zlib.h])
 FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED], [CONFUSE], [libconfuse], [cfg_init], [confuse.h])
 FORK_MODULES_CHECK([FORKED], [MINIXML], [mxml], [mxmlNewElement], [mxml.h],
-	[AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mxmlGetOpaque])])
+	[AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mxmlGetOpaque] [mxmlGetText] [mxmlGetType] [mxmlGetFirstChild])])
 
 dnl SQLite3 requires extra checks
 FORK_MODULES_CHECK([COMMON], [SQLITE3], [sqlite3 >= 3.5.0],
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1906b50f..a9eb2e4b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ forked_daapd_SOURCES = main.c \
 	$(MPD_SRC) \
 	listener.c listener.h \
 	commands.c commands.h \
-	ffmpeg-compat.h \
+	ffmpeg-compat.h mxml-compat.h \
 	$(GPERF_SRC) \
 	$(ANTLR_SRC)
 
diff --git a/src/inputs/pipe.c b/src/inputs/pipe.c
index 8707fdf4..f180fe11 100644
--- a/src/inputs/pipe.c
+++ b/src/inputs/pipe.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <event2/buffer.h>
 #include <mxml.h>
 
+#include "input.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "db.h"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
 #include "listener.h"
 #include "player.h"
 #include "worker.h"
-#include "input.h"
+#include "mxml-compat.h"
 
 // Maximum number of pipes to watch for data
 #define PIPE_MAX_WATCH 4
diff --git a/src/lastfm.c b/src/lastfm.c
index 1d81cd39..cc8fc077 100644
--- a/src/lastfm.c
+++ b/src/lastfm.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <event2/http.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
+#include "mxml-compat.h"
+
 #include "db.h"
 #include "lastfm.h"
 #include "logger.h"
@@ -215,24 +217,6 @@ param_sign(struct keyval *kv)
   return ret;
 }
 
-/* For compability with mxml 2.6 */
-#ifndef HAVE_MXMLGETOPAQUE
-const char *				/* O - Opaque string or NULL */
-mxmlGetOpaque(mxml_node_t *node)	/* I - Node to get */
-{
-  if (!node)
-    return (NULL);
-
-  if (node->type == MXML_OPAQUE)
-    return (node->value.opaque);
-  else if (node->type == MXML_ELEMENT &&
-           node->child &&
-	   node->child->type == MXML_OPAQUE)
-    return (node->child->value.opaque);
-  else
-    return (NULL);
-}
-#endif
 
 /* --------------------------------- MAIN --------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/src/mxml-compat.h b/src/mxml-compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9e4e9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mxml-compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifndef __MXML_COMPAT_H__
+#define __MXML_COMPAT_H__
+
+/* For compability with mxml 2.6 */
+#ifndef HAVE_MXMLGETTEXT
+static const char *			/* O - Text string or NULL */
+mxmlGetText(mxml_node_t *node,		/* I - Node to get */
+            int         *whitespace)	/* O - 1 if string is preceded by whitespace, 0 otherwise */
+{
+  if (node->type == MXML_TEXT)
+    return (node->value.text.string);
+  else if (node->type == MXML_ELEMENT &&
+           node->child &&
+	   node->child->type == MXML_TEXT)
+    return (node->child->value.text.string);
+  else
+    return (NULL);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MXMLGETOPAQUE
+const char *				/* O - Opaque string or NULL */
+mxmlGetOpaque(mxml_node_t *node)	/* I - Node to get */
+{
+  if (!node)
+    return (NULL);
+
+  if (node->type == MXML_OPAQUE)
+    return (node->value.opaque);
+  else if (node->type == MXML_ELEMENT &&
+           node->child &&
+	   node->child->type == MXML_OPAQUE)
+    return (node->child->value.opaque);
+  else
+    return (NULL);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MXMLGETFIRSTCHILD
+static mxml_node_t *			/* O - First child or NULL */
+mxmlGetFirstChild(mxml_node_t *node)	/* I - Node to get */
+{
+  if (!node || node->type != MXML_ELEMENT)
+    return (NULL);
+
+  return (node->child);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MXMLGETTYPE
+static mxml_type_t			/* O - Type of node */
+mxmlGetType(mxml_node_t *node)		/* I - Node to get */
+{
+  return (node->type);
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !__MXML_COMPAT_H__ */